Dems worry leaders in denial on Obamacare  —  Democratic leaders claim the bungled launch of Obamacare is just the latest news sensation — a media-stirred tempest that looks in the heat of the moment like it could upend the midterm election, but ends up fizzling well before voters head to the polls.

Netanyahu: Israel to send team to US to work on final Iran nuclear deal  —  PM says at Likud faction meeting that he agreed with Obama that Israeli team would be sent to US next week; says that Iran interim deal is bad but would have been worse without Israeli diplomatic efforts.

Obamacare's Threat to Liberalism  —  There's a term of art that the Obama White House uses to describe its neurotic supporters who instantly race to the worst-case scenario: They are known as “bed-wetters.”  Two months into the dysfunctional life of healthcare.gov, however, that seems a perfectly appropriate physiological reaction.

President's marks as manager take hit in new CNN/ORC poll  —  Washington (CNN) - Only four out of 10 Americans believe President Barack Obama can manage the federal government effectively, according to a new national poll.  —  And a CNN/ORC International survey released Monday morning …

Obama: 'I'm not a particularly ideological person'  —  President Barack Obama says he is not a “particularly ideological person,” but remains passionate about certain issues.  —  “I'm not a particularly ideological person,” Obama said Sunday during a fundraiser in Seattle.

Pressure builds on Boehner  —  If Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) put the Senate's immigration bill to a vote in the House, it wins.  —  The math is pretty simple.  It will take 218 votes to pass it.  All 200 Democrats are on board as well as three Republican co-sponsors.

California, Here We Come?  —  It goes without saying that the rollout of Obamacare was an epic disaster.  But what kind of disaster was it?  Was it a failure of management, messing up the initial implementation of a fundamentally sound policy?  Or was it a demonstration that the Affordable Care Act is inherently unworkable?

Right vs. Left in the Midwest  —  MINNESOTA and Wisconsin share much more than bone-chilling winters: German and Northern European roots; farming; and, until recently, a populist progressive tradition stretching back a century to Wisconsin's Fighting Bob La Follette and the birth of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

Angola Bans Islam, Destroys Mosques  —  LUANDA - According to several Angolan newspapers, Angola has become the first country in the world to ban Islam and Muslims, taking first measures by destroying mosques in the country.  —  “The process of legalization of Islam has not been approved …

SAPD officer accused of rape  —  A San Antonio police officer was arrested Saturday and accused of raping a 19-year-old woman on the South Side early the day before.  At a news conference Saturday, police said the officer has been accused of sexual assault before.

Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations  —  WASHINGTON — Hobby Lobby, a chain of crafts stores, closes on Sundays, costing its owners millions but honoring their Christian faith.  —  The stores play religious music.  Employees get free spiritual counseling.